Youre live in the cnn newsroom. Tonight a dangerous and pivotal point in u. S. History. How the actions of former President Donald Trump and his supporters could damage American Democracy. Trump not only insisted he won, his lies made millions of americans doubt the u. S. Election system. He relentlessly pressured officials and the Department Of Justice to help reverse the 2020 results and when that didnt work, his supporters turned to changing Voting Laws across the country. To understand how dangerous this is for americas democracy, you have to look at the entire scope of the actions by trump. His Inner Circle and republican politicians who are clinging to his lies even to this day. Here is cnn senior investigative correspondent Drew Griffin. Reporter pamela, cnn spoke to a Dozen State and county officials involved in elections, many republicans and expressed concerns about the future of the united states, and that Donald Trumps Big Lie could change this nation forever. Donald trumps
That was ten years ago. Think about that. Were going to stay until we have a deal or we have total victory. I learned the hard way there was never a good time to withdrawal u. S. Forces. The taliban is continuing its offensive across afghanistan. Tal taliban fighters have broken through the front line. The Afghan Army collapsed and the central government has fallen. Panic fills the air in kabul. President biden said this is not going to be a saigon. Guess what . There has been an Explosion Outside kabul Airport. 170 afghans killed. 13 american troops killed. I stand scquarely behind my decision, its time to end americas longest war. Is it a mistake . I think it is, yeah. I think the consequences are going to be unbelievably bad. I must see its defeat for the United States. I think the president is right. Enough is enough. What was all of this for . That has to be the question veterans are asking. Two decades, more than 2 trillion, more than 6,000 american Lives, more than 100,000 afgha
Thousands of refugees arrive in the us. Lawmakers losing patience with the president. A group of 2 dozen republican senators pressing the biden administration for answers as to who was Left Behind in afghanistan, who was not able to make it out before us forces left and we are hearing from afghans loyal to the us cause who remain in the country. We feel abandoned because we are fighting a War Against Terror but we have no allies, the last are many us allies, not being supported, no one by our side to help us against transnational terrorism. Todd standing for freedom, standing against extremism, they know the taliban equals Al Qaeda and terrorism that happens in afghanistan doesnt stay in afghanistan. Reporter is more afghans arrive in the us we are learning more from the department of Homeland Security about the vetting process. Is forgetting americans another afghans out without us forces on the ground the White House is focused on help from the taliban and. Did not reduce sanctions o
eastman documented the scheme in a stunning memo obtained by the authors and shared with msnbc. and what that memo proposed was nothing short of a coup. it called for pence to site on going disputes over the slate of electors from seven states which pence would declare invalid and toss out. by cancelling the votes trump would be left for majority and pence could gavel him in with pence himself as having been reelected. if democrats object, eastman proposed sending the matter to the house where republican whose control the majority of states would have voted to reelect trump anyway. their theory it was a win, win for trump either way of course, that s not how the process is supposed to work. for one thing, eastman falsely asserted pence as vice president was the ultimate arbiter of any elections that arise. if the shoe was on the other foot, it s hard to believe any republican would be as enthusiastic about kamala harris wielding that power in 2024. while he rejected eastman s
this was not an accident. this was a deliberate act. they say this escape from the hospital. so the new information and besides the fact that they ve caught these two people now, is that they are investigating these two homicides that are possibly related. we do know that they were captured in the twin falls area in idaho that is southeast of boise, about 120 miles southeast so they have been on the run since about 02:00 a.m. wednesday morning. and just to go over how this even happened to begin with the boise police say the department of corrections rather say that skyler mean that s the person you re seeing on the right side of the screen? he was serving time since 2016. he was in a very secure part of the prison system i we need to confirm exactly which location, but he had apparently injured himself. they say which required medical attention and that s why they transferred him to the hospital. at around between 09:00 and 10:00 p.m. tuesday night and he was treated and the